FORKS — Entries are being accepted for filmmakers looking to take part in the third annual River & Ocean Film Festival.
Short films must be submitted by March 18 to the festival, which takes place April 23 at the Rainforest Arts Center, 35 N. Forks Ave.
The film festival is hosted in conjunction with Forks RainFest and the Washington Coast Cleanup, celebrating the freshwater and marine environments on the west side of the Olympic Peninsula.
Short films featuring the North Olympic Peninsula and the Pacific Northwest should showcase the region’s beauty and opportunities, or the issues facing its aquatic habitats and human communities.
The running time for films must be 20 minutes or less, including credits, and stand-alone segments of longer works are welcome.
Entries, which can be submitted in electronic or DVD format, must be received no later than 5 p.m. March 18.
To arrange submission, email Ian Miller at immiller@uw.edu.
What should be included
Entries must include the entry’s title; names of the director and producer, a description of the entry at 250 words or less, the film’s running time, the film’s relevance to the natural or human dimensions of the watersheds or marine ecosystems of the west end of the Olympic Peninsula, and the year it was produced.
The festival organizing committee will review all entries as they arrive, and selections will be made on a rolling basis.
The films selected in 2014 and 2015 can be viewed at the Washington Sea Grant website at www.wsg.washington.edu.
The festival is sponsored by the North Pacific Coast Marine Resource Committee, Washington Sea Grant, North Pacific Coast Lead Entity, Pacific Coast Salmon Coalition, the West Olympic Council of the Arts and the city of Forks.